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HOMES AND ARCHITECTURE IN FRANCE
COPYRIGHT: 2000
DIRECTORS: Michel QUINEJURE, Marie FRAPIN, Michel LE BAYON, Alain MOREAU
AUTHORS: Monique ELEB, Thérèse EVETTE, François LE BAYON, Chantal SOYER
FORMAT: Digital Beta
DIFFUSION: Digital Beta
DURATION: 10 x 26 minutes
TYPE: Documentary
VERSIONS: French
PRODUCTION: France 5, Lieurac Productions
PARTICIPATION: Centre National de la Cinématographie, Ministère de la
Culture et de la Communication (Direction de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine,
Délégation au Développement et à l'Action Territoriale), Agence Nationale
pour l'Amélioration des Conditions de Travail
Because of the urgency of the post war situation
together with the demographic exponent and the political need to create
accommodation for all, serious conceptional errors have been made over
the last 50 years in housing and collective facilities in France.
Today we all know the consequences of the construction of housing and
facilities void of any consideration for, or understanding of, the basic
needs of those who are going to live there. However in the last 15 years,
as a result of trial and error and because of a growing consciousness,
considerable improvements have been made in social and individual housing,
in facilities and work places.
Through a day in the life of an ordinary family, each gesture, each activity,
each movement will be a pretext to show that, today, solutions exist in
France as in other countries.
WHAT'S A HOME ?
In spite of the fact that during the last
century the average surface of living spaces has increased, the French
still dream of one more room…
INTERIORS - A SHORT HISTORY
Due to a growing desire for privacy, the
most important developments in housing in the Middle Ages concerned the
interior of dwellings…
THE EVOLUTION OF COLLECTIVE BUILDINGS
Apartment buildings were erected with the
idea of getting away from busy streets. Building upwards was meant to
save ground space for easy pedestrian circulation and for vegetation.
But all too often transport facilities, shops and gardens were forgotten…
INNOVATIONS
Housing blocks have evolved considerably, the communal
areas have been rethought, courtyards have been transformed into gardens,
entrance halls are well lit and welcoming, etc…
A HOUSE FOR EVERYONE
In France, 53% of the people live in a detached
house, which remains their ideal…
THE "MADE TO MEASURE" HOUSE
In post-war France, contemporary houses
are not sought after as they are in the rest of Europe…
SPECIFIC HOUSING
Renewed interest in housing for the young,
the single, for students, temporary housing for workers, old peoples homes…
COMFORT IN THE XXth CENTURY
In the course of the XXth century the notion of
comfort evolved from a subjective feeling of quality to a notion of quantity
linked with domestic equipment and progress…
WORK SPACES
In the last 20 years, the workspace has
undergone many improvements in the fields of security and comfort, adaptation
of space for various activities and internal and external communications
facilities for companies…
REHABILITATION
The main object of rehabilitation, is to
preserve as much as possible the original structure while improving and
modernising the building itself…